单词 | lench |
释义 | † lenchn.1 Scottish. Obsolete. A leap, spring. ΚΠ 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F3 That being preuented by death (as he was by the lyons lench) he should neuer see home. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2019). lenchn.2 dialect Mining. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Liijb Lench. These happen in Shafts or Sumps, and may happen by the Vein taking some small leap, or by [etc.]..in which Cases the best or softest part of the Vein flyes more to one Hand, and there stands jutting out a part of the Side within the Shaft, Sump or Gate..this we call a Lench. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Lench, salt-mining term; the middle portion of a seam of rock salt, lying under the Roof Rock; usually from four to six feet thick. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Lench or Lencheon, a shelf of rock. A Derbyshire word. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † lenchv. Obsolete. intransitive. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > bend [verb (intransitive)] > stoop stoopc893 lenchc1325 bow1842 huckle1854 c1325 Old Age in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 211 I lench, I len, on lyme I lasse. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Lench, to stoop in walking. Linc. 1900 ‘Not known to our correspondents’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11606n.21747v.c1325 |
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